CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-3299

Protection Mechanism Failure

Published: Oct 21, 2020 | Modified: Aug 11, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured File Policy for HTTP. The vulnerability is due to incorrect detection of modified HTTP packets used in chunked responses. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a configured File Policy for HTTP packets and deliver a malicious payload.

Weakness

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Secure_firewall_threat_defenseCisco6.0.0 (including)6.3.0.1 (excluding)
SnortUbuntubionic*
SnortUbuntuesm-apps-legacy/xenial*
SnortUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
SnortUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
SnortUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
SnortUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
SnortUbuntufocal*
SnortUbuntutrusty/esm*
SnortUbuntuupstream*

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